He scattered five hits, struck out three, walked one and hit one in six innings as Half Hollow Hills West beat top-ranked West Islip, 7-2, at Baseball Heaven in Yaphank, handing Kory the first loss of his high school career.

Of course the gnome is nice if you believe in good luck charms. But Division wins championships with pitchers such as righthanded seniors Anthony Papa and James Varella. Both are headed to LIU Post and combined for 15 wins in last year's county championship run.

Friscia participated in last week's International Power Showcase, a home run derby and skills competition, hoping to raise money for the American Kidney Fund and to demonstrate his raw power to major league scouts.

Rich Ciufo of Patchogue, Dan McEvoy of Westhampton, Aaron Glickstein of Half Hollow Hills West and Tim Kranz of West Babylon have verbally committed to play for Stony Brook in 2016. The baseball program didn't have to do much. Stony Brook's growing reputation spoke for itself.

Kevin Devaney Jr., Gregg Lerner, Elio Velez and Ed Margolies unveil MSG Varsity's All-Metro Baseball teams, honoring the best high school baseball players in the tri-state area. Find out who made the list!

Host Kevin Devaney Jr. and MSG Varsity experts get you caught up on Long Island baseball with highlights and discussion of top teams and players and reveal our latest Tri-State Baseball Top 20 rankings.